Poems & Selections

Irish Blessing 21

Death leaves a heartache
no one can heal;
Love leaves a memory no
one can steal.

When life as opening buds is sweet, And golden hopes the fancy greet, And Youth prepares his joys to meet, – – Alas! how hard it is to die! When just is seized some valued prize, And duties press, and tender ties Forbid the soul from earth to rise, – – How awful then it […]
By Julie Epp I was chosen today I’m learning to fly the world took me away, but please don’t you cryAnd I chose you today to try and be strong so please don’t you cry and don’t say that I’m goneWhen you’re feeling alone just remember our love, I’m up near the stars looking down […]
by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim, Because […]
I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by my old familiar name, Speak to me in the easy way you always used. Put no difference into your tone Wear no forced air of solemnity […]